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Tokens for the Commander 2013 decks, with the appropriate official art (based on each token producer's previous release).

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Some classic-frame tokens using official MTGO art, set to match the original cards that produce them. The Thrull token, to accompany the Fallen Empires card Breeding Pit, uses Meignaud's art for the Divine vs. Demonic Thrull token. The three Djinn tokens are for the original Arabian Nights card and for the various rereleases (Sixth Edition with the symbol and symbol-less for Revised/Fourth/Fifth). Ditto with Stangg Twin (accompanies Stangg and has one for Legends and one for Chronicles) and the Cat token (produced by the Mirage and Sixth Ed card Waiting in the Weeds, and uses the art from that card). Finally, the insect token is made for the Mirage card Carrion (and no, I'm not sure why they decided to use Takklemaggot card art for it).

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Cards reprinted in the modern card frame with updated Oracle text. (Also, I really love Quinton Hoover's original art for Regeneration, for the record.)

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My attempt at a planeswalker card for Ramaz, the villain from the Duels of the Planeswalkers 2014 videogame, based on the RUG deck he uses in-game. Art taken from same game.

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My attempt at revamping Emmara Tandris and Voice of Resurgence to be closer to their original conception, before Wizards switched them up, while still keeping the rarities Wizards changed them to (rare for Emmara, to match the other maze runners, and mythic for Voice).

My reasoning for the choices I made: Emmara clearly should be making Elementals, obviously, but I'm not sure either death (as she is a main character who has not yet died) or hosing blue spells (given her friendship with Jace) are the greatest triggers for it. When she enters the battlefield, she should bring one with her, and then create them in self-defense as she does in lore. Her ability is perhaps slightly good for its cost, but she is rare - I originally had her as only bringing the one elemental in with her, but given that then she's basically a vanilla 2/2 that creates one Crusader of Odric (mana cost 2 at uncommon) for 4, that was not great. This way she is a stronger card. If you can blink her (which W or Bant has plenty of ways to do) you can abuse her ETB effect. She also works nicely in Commander, as if you do get boardwiped you can bring her and her token out to immediately have two 2/2s. She's certainly not perfect - while 2/2 is a much more realistic P/T for a Selesnya elf shaman, and she can no longer trade blows with Rakdos and survive, she is substantially squishier and can be taken out fairly easily without some kind of protection from damage or removal.

Voice, on the other hand, was harder. At first I thought it should make creature tokens indestructible - the obvious improved version of the original ability - but that in and of itself is not mythic, given that Avacyn does the same thing but better (for all permanents). I do think preventing damage works, though, as it keeps them from dying in combat but still makes them vulnerable to board wipes - what token decks fear most and the best way to deal with them. However, I did want to give Voice a way to deal with at least one board wipe. So I gave it the chance to regenerate all tokens you control if you have a decent amount of mana saved back; a board wipe will kill it and your nontoken permanents but with enough mana, your token army will survive. And to make sure it felt mythic, I also had it give tokens hexproof (so the only way you really CAN hit them is with a board wipe). It demands an answer unless you want to be decimated by a token army but is fairly vulnerable itself without protection (Swiftfoot Boots or Lightning Greaves work great here).

Anyway, let me know what you think about these renditions! Too powerful? Too weak for their rarities? What do you think?

Edit: Changed Emmara to cost one less and fixed templating, keeping her firmly at "good and playable Rare" level; removed the hexproof-granting ability from Voice, as that was a little TOO good. Now he prevents damage to tokens and can regenerate them (a la Asceticism but cheaper), but isn't as horrifically powerful. Now my worry, though, is that he's not really Mythic-caliber anymore. :(

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Jaya Ballard new art card and super-art card, both with art from here: http://www.deviantart.com/art/Jaya-Ballard-302611611

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Elemental token produced by Voice of Resurgence, using new art from here: http://moshyong.deviantart.com/art/Resurgent-Elemental-384078276

(As the current Elemental was meant to go with the original, better Emmara Tandris - as you can see from the fact that it shows up in the background of her art - I like this one a little better; if Emmara can't be good, then at least the token can be related to what now actually produces it.)

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Super-art version of Akroma with art from the Divine vs. Demonic duel deck

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Phelddagrif in the modern card frame, with new art by http://trenchmaker.deviantart.com/art/whassat-45809422

(For some reason Phelddagrif is one of those cards whose original art I viscerally hate, and I often like Amy Weber's art, so I'm not sure why; it makes me sad, though, as I'd love to run a group hug EDH deck and Phelddagrif is perfect for that. But if I'm going to have a nonthreatening flying hippo group hug commander, then by god, I want a cute one!)

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Modern card frame and super-art versions of Eladamri, Lord of Leaves with new art from http://www.charleslisterart.com/2011/12/few-pc901-and-eladamri-lord-of-leaves.html

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Super-art and textless versions of Tolsimir Wolfblood, with art taken from http://gido.deviantart.com/art/Tolsimir-Wolfblood-326063230

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Old-school Alpha/Beta/Unlimited/Revised dual lands in the modern card frame, using MTGO-only art

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Time Walk in the modern card frame, using artwork commissioned for the Vintage Championship Winner card

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Tolsimir Wolfblood's Voja token, using MTGO-only art

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A textless Gerrard Capashen using art of Gerrard from Terese Nielsen's deviantArt page

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Moxen by Volkan Baga in the modern card frame, using art created for the Vintage Championship Winner cards

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Hanna, Ship's Navigator, using the art Terese Nielsen did for the Duels of the Planeswalker 2013 digital version of the card